Well the time has come for old cards like PONT and Junk-arm to go and new ones to come in, with loads more decks to move in to the new format. I have already started getting rid of lots of old cards from my Darkrai/Tornadus deck to prepare for rotation, and you should too!So what deck to build next? I am thinking after rotation (when Dragons Exalted comes out) to build a Darkrai EX and Hydreigon deck, the list goes like this:Pokemon: 153-1-3 Hydreigon (Dragons Exalted)3 Darkrai EX1 Shaymin EX3 Sableye1 Sigilyph (Dragons Exalted)

Well of course you can make a few tweaks here and there but this deck won the Japanese Nationals so it must be a good deck to play.So what do the new cards do?Hydreigon – Dragon – HP150 Stage 2 – Evolves from ZweilousAbility: Dark Trance As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may move a Darkness Energy attached to 1 of your Pokemon to another of your Pokemon.[P][D][D][C] Dragon Blast: 140 damage. Discard 2 Darkness Energy attached to this Pokemon.Weakness: Dragon (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3This card Is mainly a tech card for moving energy about (sort of like Shaymin from HS Unleashed) but also is a good attacker with a fair 140 damage which will 1-shot most competitive stage 2’s which will come out in the next set.Sigilyph – Psychic – HP90 Basic PokemonAbility: Safeguard Prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Sigilyph by your opponent’s Pokemon-EX.[P][C][C] Psychic: 50+ damage. Does 10 more damage for each Energy card attached to the Defending Pokemon.Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1This is the card to use against Mewtwo EX because of its ability ‘Safeguard’ so Mewtwo’s Xball will have no effect on Sigilyph and its great attack ‘Psychic’ which allows you to do an extra 10 more damage for each energy on their defending pokemon + the X2 weakness on Mewtwo EX, which will deal A LOT of damage!!! So this card is a must in this deck for those odd Mewtwo match-ups.I am really looking forward to playing this deck. Why don’t you give it a try too - you can use proxies for the Darkrai, Hydreigon and the other cards if you don’t have them.Jordan

This is a good deck I have tested against this and it has proved to be quite good

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Cartoon_Eric

16/7/2012 13:03:36

Now this sounds like my kind of deck to play. Looks like fun.

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Ryan

16/7/2012 13:25:40

Eh, i dont like the idea of Sigilphy, i would rather add another ball for more consistancy. Also Bianca, i would run more RR's because RR's are so big for Darkrai Decks. Also 4 Dark Patch is a must for Darkrai Decks. And with most Stages 2 having 140HP, Having Darkpatch is huge. Why do you really need Eviolite when you have max potions IMO.

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Nintendan

9/8/2012 04:58:48

Definitely a solid deck choice. Not sure if I will play this as I feel there's going to be a bit more anti-meta coming up in next format, especially Terrakion based decks or techs.
However, I love how versatile the deck with it's choices. With Prism, you can include all sorts of attackers like Kyogre EX to double snipe Tynamo and Swablu, or use Reshiram EX for a solid 150 damage.

@Ryan You need Eviolite because Terrakion will OHKO after you lose something. That Eviolite is the difference between 0 and 2 prizes for any Terrakion player. With Empoleon becoming much more viable, Terrakion will be around a lot more. However, Tool Scrapper will still get rid of Eviolites, so Terrakion players will be taking cheap prizes off the Darkrai.
I guess you could go 4 Patch but speed isn't necessarily this deck's strong point. It is to set up and tank away. Patch in this there just for some clutch Darkrai kills when you don't have the Energy on board.

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Ryan

9/8/2012 16:04:29

I've been playing this deck a lot now. And yes eviolites are very nice. However I feel that card will depend on how much people are running tool scapper. Also any good terrakion will run 3-4 tool scrappers. Also getting a turn 2 nightspear is such a game breaker more dark patches will make it easier. and if you don't like the idea of another darkpatch then another max potion.

its very good cause it takes no damage from exes and you can use pokemon cather to pull ourt the pokemon they are stacking with energies and possible one hit

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Jack

4/9/2012 12:58:20

I ordered some cards early this morning and I should be getting a deck similar to this only i decided to put tool scrapper in cuz of those annoying eviolites. I'm just worried I wasted my money cuz of upcoming sets could introduce cards that will completely destroy darkrai.

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